Council Agenda Items and Upcoming Events
The City Council will be meeting at 7pm at City Hall on Tuesday 9/5 instead of 9/4 due to the holiday. Below are some of the highlights from the consent agenda that will be discussed. Please click the links below to see the full agenda and council packet.
RESOLUTION R-161-23: Approving Emergency Water Main Material Purchases from Core & Main, LP, Carol Stream, Illinois in the Amount of $93,128.45 and Mid-American Water & Sewer, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois in the Amount of $55,683.00 and Approving an Additional $400,000.00 for Future Emergency Water Main
Materials, as Needed. Funded by Water Fund/Contingency.
RESOLUTION R-162-23: Approving Emergency Water Main Repairs and Replacements in the Not-toExceed Amount of $88,095.50 by Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, $149,456.22 by MQ Construction, Chicago, Illinois, and $35,814.93 by John Neri Construction Co., Inc., Addison, Illinois and Approving an Additional $750,000.00 for Future Emergency Water Main Repairs and Replacements, as Needed.
Funded by Water Fund/Contingency.
SECOND READING – ORDINANCE M-3-23: Consideration of the Acquisition, Through Condemnation of Fee Simple Title, to the Property Located at 1504 Miner Street (deferred from 7/17/23 City Council Meeting)
Agenda
Packet
Events:
9/9 at Lake Park Golf Course is the annual Putt for the Pantry from 2pm to 6pm
Putt For the Pantry
9/11 Patriot Day Celebration at Fire Station 61 8am
9/15-9/17 Fall Fest at Lake Park
9/19 Food Truck Roundup 5pm-8pm Metropolitan Square
9/23 Bike and Walk Des Plaines Community Bike Ride
bike-walk-dp.org
9/23 Fire Dept open house 11am-2pm Fire Station 63 (130 E. Thacker)
Graceland-Webford Project Update
Compasspoint Development (through Mylo Residential Graceland Property, LLC) is going to approach the City Council at its Tuesday, September 5, 2023, meeting, with an alternative proposal for the project. The developer now proposes to amend its agreement with the City such that there would no longer be a requirement to acquire and develop a park at 1330 Webford, also known as The Dance Building site. The developer will present updated plans to illustrate the proposed building without the next-door park and will offer alternative terms, which would compensate the City more for its former 1332 Webford parking lot (a total of $300,000 instead of the previously accepted $10). The alternative terms also express a pledge to pay all building permit fees, some of which had been previously waived, and to pay a new fee in lieu of parkland dedication, given the 1330 Webford park would no longer be part of the credit.
Please click the link below to go to the project webpage for more information.
Graceland-Webford Project
Please let know of any feedback you have related to this current part of the project by sending an email to Soskerka@desplaines.org
Watermain Updates
The Water/Sewer enterprise fund balance continues to diminish due to costs outpacing revenues. By the end of 2025, the Water/Sewer Fund will have a negative balance of $11.2 million. Additionally, due to the age of the City’s infrastructure, we average over 100 water main breaks per year. This creates a water loss of over 22%, which equates to a lost water cost of $1,200,000 per year.
There are 2 resolutions on the consent agenda to help with the immediate problem but there will need to be some changes to help support long term repairs and maintenance issues as they come up. This will be discussed at great length at Tuesdays meeting please read the pack and agenda for more details related to possible water rate changes in the future.
Packet (page 370)
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